Car-door.



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P. A. LACOUR.

CAR DOOR.

APPLICATION HLED JULY3|| 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent. i

Patented'Nov. 2, 1915.

Application filed July 31, 1915. Serial No. 42,929.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PAULrN A. LAcoUR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pineville, in the parish of Rapides and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cai-Doors, of whichv may be effectively maintained in closed posi-V tion, or positioned in such a manner as to be conveniently adjusted into open position.

The invention consists 1n the details of construction and in the .combination andarrangement of the several parts of my improved car door whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in the appended claim.

1n order that my invention may be the better understood, 1 will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a view in elevation illustrating a car door constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary View in bottom plan of the device as disclosed in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 3 3 0f Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing the door adjusted into an inoperative position relative to the door opening; Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 6 is a sectional View taken substantially on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1. y

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, 1 denotes a side wall of a car body provided with the opening 2 with which the door 3 is adapted to coact, said door 3 being suspended from the track-way 4 whereby said door is capable of movement longitu' dinally of the wall and may be readily and conveniently swung laterally with relation to the wall 1. y

Secured to the outer face of the door 3 are the straps 5 and 6 depending below the door and terminating in the vertically disposed loops 7 through which extends the crank portion V8 of the operating member 9, said crank portion 8 being of a length substantially equal to the length of the trackway 4 so that the door 3 may be readily adjusted into open position longitudinally of the wall l. The strap 6 has its lower por tion offset laterally and in adirection longitudinally of the wall 1 so that it may avoid the adjacent supporting sill S and the .crank portion 8 is provided with the o'set 10 so that said sill offers no obstructioruY to the rotation of the operating member 9.

The operating member, as herein embodied, comprises anelongated member of requisite gage having one extremity angularly disposed to afford the lever 11 whereby the requisite aXial rotation may be imparted to the member 9 in order that the crank portion 8 may coact with the straps 6 and 7 in such a manner as to swing the door outwardly so that the same may be moved upon the track-way 4 for adjusting the door into an open position or for swinging the door inwardly so that the same will be properly disposed relative to the opening 2. l

The wall 1 has projecting outwardly therefrom adjacent a vertical edge the stop lug 12 to limit the movement of the door in one direction upon the track-way 4 so that said door will be properly positioned relative to the opening 2 and the inner face of the door is provided with a second lug 14 positioned adjacent the vertical margin thereof remote from the lug 12, said lug 14 being adapted to engage with a vertical edge of the opening 2 so as to maintain the door against displacement when in closed position especially as a result of undue jar. The operating member 9 as herein embodied is rotatably supported by the bearings 15 depending from the side wall 1 and also depending from said'side wall is the hook member 16 with which the crank portion 8 is adapted to engage when the door is in closed adjustment, the coaction between the portion 8 and the hook member 16 serving to hold the operating member 9 against accidental rotary movement. It is also t0 be understood that the lever 11 is provided with a perforation 17 through which a suitable seal is adapted to be directed, said seal coacting with a suitable staple 18 or other member secured t0 the outer face of the wall l.

' p'is f this p'teit maybe obtainedV for thought to be obvious that acar door con-y structed in accordance with my invention 1"s` .of an eXtremely simple Vand comparatively inexpensive nature and 1s particularly well adapted for use by reasonof the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled, and it will also be obvious thatmy invention is, susceptible of some change and modification Without material departure from the principles and spirit thereof and for' this reason l do not lwish to be understood asr limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention-iii prae- Atice. i

I claim: Y' In combination with a wall provided with an opening, a' door for said wall mounted for movement longitudinally.of the wall and .capable yof swinging movement laterally withf'relation to' the wall, a strap depending fromthe door and terminating in an elongated loop, and an operating member sup- Y ported by the Walland disposed through the loop of the strap, the portion of the operatingmember within the strap being oiiset whereby the door is swung laterally upon axial rotation being imparted to the operating member, said offset portion of the operating member being of such a length as to afford no obstruction to the movement of the door longitudinally of the wall, a laterally disposed operating lever carried by the operating member and having its free extremity provided with an eye, an attaching member carried by the wall and adapted to Coast with the eye of the lever, and a hook member depending from the wall and eoacting with the offset portion of the operating member to hold said operating nieinber against accidental rotary movement when the door is in closed position relative to the opening. i n testimony whereof I hereunto aliix niy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PAULIN A. LACOUR. lVt-nesses M. T. HASLER, S. R. LEE.

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